The largest private ambulance service in Ohio closed its doors so abruptly that employees don’t even know if they’ll be paid for hours they’ve already worked.

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FirstMed EMS, based in Wilmington, N.C., served hospitals and other medical facilities in Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia under the names TransMed, Life Ambulance and MedCorp.

The company's services are generally used for transport operations in non-emergency situations. NBC News reported that the company called dispatch centers and told dispatchers not to schedule any runs for its ambulances.

Yergin said the company just had a local meeting at which officials told employees things were moving in the right direction.

“Somebody knew and somebody didn’t tell us what was going on,” Yergin said.

The shutdown was affecting more than employees. Other ambulance companies were scrambling to fill the void. Hospitals have had to make other arrangements to have patients transported.

Dialysis patients have had to find new ways to get to treatments. Nursing homes have had to make other arrangements to get their patients transported. All of it was made more difficult because there was no warning.

“Yeah, it was a big surprise, because MedCorp has been around a long time,” said Florence Park Care Center Administrator Greg Carson. He said he had to go to a back-up plan to make sure service wasn’t interrupted.

“My son who is an administrator was freaking out a little because he didn’t have a backup contract,” Carson said.

Employees are planning a class-action lawsuit because the company gave them less than 60 days’ notice that it was closing.

Employees like Yergin are expecting a paycheck Friday but are not sure whether or not it will come.

In Nicholas County, Ky., the company exclusively handled all 911 service calls. The judge-executive said they have been able to put a temporary system in place, but it took a major effort.

The company's website and headquarters went dark Friday, and workers said they've been unable to contact anyone in management since. Phone numbers to headquarters were disconnected.